All of those claims—the bots, the fake users—were revealed in documents stolen by hackers, and those stolen documents have just been ruled inadmissible by a judge.

Why would the judge do that?

Corporate Counsel reports that the judge appears to be taking a hard line against hacking, stating he was concerned for “the integrity of the judicial process,” but that may mean plaintiffs have little recourse against Ashley Madison’s deceitful sex bots.